You may be stronger in forehand than backhand or vice versa, but you’ll find a need for both in most matches. Whether you’re playing tennis casually or you're a pro like in Red Bull’s Bassline ...

For 11 months, professional tennis exists largely as a hitting contest light on finesse. Then the grass season arrives in June, reaching its zenith at Wimbledon’s All England Club in the middle of ...

Experts say hitting what’s called an inside-out forehand to an opponent’s backhand gives a player an edge. By Stuart Miller The ATP Finals in Turin, Italy, features the best men’s tennis players in ...

“Ashe’s backhand is one of the touchstones of modern tennis,” John McPhee wrote in his 1969 book Levels of the Game. “He can underspin it, roll it, hit it flat. He can cradle the ball on his racquet, ...

Dirges are being sung for the single-handed tennis backhand. For the first time since the ATP rankings started in 1973, no rebel with a one-hander will figure in the updated men’s top-10 rankings.

Game, set, try to match the best tennis players who have the best one and two-handed backhand of all time. I used to play tennis in high school. I was kind of bad at it, but I think it’s the effort ...

My son Luke is just 9, and has about as much interest in tennis as I have in clogging. When he took the obligatory annual trip to the U.S. Open last August, about the only thing he really wanted to do ...